newest

adjective

Definition of newestnext
as in latest

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newest
  1. latest
  2. recent
  3. new
  4. current
  5. modern
  6. contemporary
  7. newfangled
Adjective
  • The shooting happened the day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.
    Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
Definition of latest
Adjective
  • In a recent episode of the Talking Pictures podcast shared last week, the Barbie actress, 34, remembered the role that shifted her career just over a decade ago.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Start slideshow: 10 Stocks Where Yields Got More Juicy » As a percentage of NVDA's recent stock price of $138.63, this dividend works out to approximately 0.01%, so look for shares of NVIDIA to trade 0.01% lower — all else being equal — when NVDA shares open for trading on 12/5/24.
    Dividend Channel, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of recent
Adjective
  • Any new import levies are on a collision course with stubbornly flat industrial production — a crucial driver of domestic and international volume from sectors that include mining, manufacturing, chemicals and electricity — and lingering overcapacity from the COVID shipping boom, experts said.
    Lisa Baertlein, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • There is also the debut of a new, gourmet soft-serve ice cream.
    David Moin, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of new
Adjective
  • The current contract between GE Appliances and Local 83761 expires at 11:59 p.m., Dec. 31.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The district’s current $9.9 billion budget was approved without accounting for its cost, nor a contentious pension payment previously funded by the city, by a prior slate of board members in July.
    Sarah Macaraeg, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of current
Adjective
  • Additionally, the bank is accelerating its value to end users too, adding nearly 250 features through a modern, user-friendly interface that has a ‘One View’ feature on the bank’s mobile app, allowing customers to manage their finances seamlessly.
    Forbes, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The road to becoming a modern man As modern definitions of manhood evolve, so too does the classroom conversation.
    Matt Villano, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of modern
Adjective
  • Agatha All Along landed three nods, for excellence in contemporary television and sci-fi/fantasy television and costume illustration.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Whitehead has said that Elwood and Turner represent the two parts of him, the idealist (Elwood) and the cynic (Turner), whose intertwined perspectives inform his own view of race as a Black man making sense of contemporary America.
    K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of contemporary
Adjective
  • Keep reading to learn about some of the best restaurants in Honolulu. Izakaya 855-Aloha There are many things to adore about Izakaya 855-Aloha, Honolulu’s newest Japanese izakaya with a newfangled Hawaiian twist.
    Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Yang says this newfangled system has been the goal of the company pretty much all along.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2024
Definition of newfangled
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